The Phantom Toollbooth (Chapters 1-3)

In chapter 1, Milo’s mood could best be described as 

• Bored
• Sad
• Curious
• Confused

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What caused Milo to get stuck in the Doldrums?  

• He took a wrong turn and got lost.
• He started daydreaming and not thinking about where he was going.
• He decided to visit on the way to Dictionopolis.
• The Lethargians suggested he visit.

What is the best summary for chapter 1?  

• Milo finds a tollbooth in his room and is excited to go on an adventure.
• Milo finds a tollbooth in his room and hopes it’s a fun toy or else he will be bored. 
• Milo is a bored child who wishes he were somewhere else. 
• Milo’s parents need to spend more time with him.

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Read the sentence from page 9, paragraph 2. “Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he’d bothered. Nothing really interested him—least of all the things that should have.” Based on this sentence, what is one conclusion the reader can make about Milo?  

• That Milo is not confident 
• That Milo is bored with his life 
• That Milo is curious about life 
• That Milo is not very smart

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The Whether Man could best symbolize?

• Indecisiveness
• Action
• Confidence
• Goal-Setting

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Tock could best represent?

• The importance of wasting time 
• The importance of using one’s time wisely 
• The fact that there’s plenty of time in life to do good things.  
• The fact that people should set always be thinking about their goals in life

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 The Doldrums could best symbolize? 

• A place where people are industrious and use their time wisely.
• A place where people waste time and fail to improve their lives. 
• A place filled with magic that slowly drains people of all energy. 
• A place sailors get stuck in because winds don’t blow. 

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A watch dog with a “watch” in his side is an example of

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Pun

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The king’s advisors names all begin with pairs of letters that are the same (i.e.   “Duke of Definition). This is an example of....

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

What did the package Milo opened say would happen if someone were not completely satisfied?

• Your wasted time would not be refunded
• Your wasted time would be refunded
• Your money would be refunded
• Your money would not be refunded

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